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Lawnmower crash kills Holts Summit man after throwing him off, landing on top of him

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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)

An 87-year-old man is dead after a crash involving a lawnmower near Holts Summit, Missouri.

According to Missouri State Highway Patrol crash reports, around 7:15 Wednesday night Leland Schweiss was backing up the lawnmower when it started to slide down a hill and overturned.

The report said Schweiss was thrown from the lawnmower, but it continued to roll and landed on top of him.

Troopers said Schweiss died at the scene.

This is Troop F's third fatality for July bringing the total for the year to 31.

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Zola Crowder

Zola Crowder joined the ABC 17 News team as a multimedia journalist in June 2020 after graduating from the University of Missouri with a broadcast journalism degree. Before reporting at ABC 17, Zola was a reporter at KOMU where she learned to cover politics, crime, education, economics and more.

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